Hold'em table

9-4 offsuit is a very weak hand even on the button in 3-handed play; calling 100 chips has negative expected value.

Pocket threes is strong enough to open heads-up from the small blind. Raising to 3bb pressures the big blind to fold and charges weaker hands to see a flop.

Facing a 3bb open from the small blind, defending K8o in position getting 2:1 immediate pot odds is standard and profitable.

Bottom set is a strong value hand, and betting two-thirds pot starts building a substantial pot against Jx, pocket pairs, and weaker pairs. The dry board makes protection less urgent, but checking risks missing value.

We missed the flop completely with King-eight offsuit and face a two-thirds pot continuation bet, making this an easy fold.

Q6 suited is a profitable button open three-handed, combining position and suited equity with a chance to steal the blinds. A 2.5bb raise applies pressure without overcommitting a marginal hand.

Holding an unsuited weak hand 8c 3h out of position against a button open is an easy fold.

35 suited has enough equity and playability to defend the big blind against a small button raise, getting good pot odds heads-up.

Bottom pair out of position against the preflop raiser on a J-9-5 board; checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me evaluate his flop action.

Q6 has little equity on this connected, two-diamond flop and is a poor continuation-bet candidate. Checking back preserves chips and lets us reassess the turn in position.

With only bottom pair of fives on a J-9-K board, the turn king favors the preflop raiser's range and there are many draws and overcards. Checking preserves the pot and avoids building it with a weak hand.

The king is a favorable card for my preflop raising range, making a delayed continuation bluff attractive against the big blind's checks. I have little showdown value but retain a gutshot, and my queen blocks some strong continuing hands.

Bottom pair of 5s needs about 30% equity to call 400 into 950, but opponent's turn bet after flop check-through is heavily Kx/Jx/9x and draws that dominate us, leaving only two clean outs.

QJo is a clear open from the button in 3-handed play; raising to 2.5x to build the pot in position.

64s is too weak to call a button raise out of position from the small blind with the big blind still behind; folding preserves stack versus a dominated speculative call.

QTo is a solid big-blind defense against a button open, needing only 27.3% equity at this price. Calling preserves its value against a wide opening range without inflating the pot out of position.

Q-high has little equity on this coordinated flop, with no club or immediate straight draw. Checking avoids investing in a weak bluff and lets us reassess against the preflop raiser's action.

The flop heavily favors the big blind's calling range, and with queen-high and no direct draw, taking a free card in position is preferred.

This low, connected turn favors my big-blind defending range, while the button's flop check leaves room to attack. Betting pressures stronger unpaired hands, and holding no clubs leaves missed flush draws available to fold on a later street.

I have queen-high with no draw on a heavily connected low board facing a substantial turn bet, making an easy fold.

KJo is a strong hand three-handed on the button; raising builds the pot in position and takes initiative over the blinds.

Pocket eights are strong enough to three-bet against a button opening range. Raising discourages the big blind from entering and pressures overcards to fold rather than realize their equity cheaply.

Holding an unplayable 83o facing an open and a 3-bet, folding is the clear optimal choice.

KJo offsuit is dominated by a large SB 3-bet range and plays poorly even in position; calling 900 needs too much equity, so folding preserves stack.

Seven-deuce offsuit is too weak to open profitably without evidence that the blinds overfold. Folding avoids investing in a hand with poor equity and playability.

Q7s is well above the SB open threshold blind-vs-blind. Raising to 300 applies pressure and builds a pot with a playable suited queen.

9-6 offsuit is too weak to defend the big blind against a 3x small-blind raise, with poor realizability despite closing the action.

A9o is a standard opening hand on the button in 3-handed play; raising to 2.5x BB to steal blinds and build a pot in position.

AKo is a premium hand against a button open; 3-betting from the small blind builds value, isolates the opener, and avoids playing multiway out of position.

J6 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button raise and small-blind three-bet, especially with the original raiser still to act. Folding avoids committing more chips with poor equity and little playability.

Facing a 3-bet to 8bb from the small blind, A9o is dominated by their value range and plays poorly out of flow, making it a clear fold.